The Peanut Collaborative Research Support Program (CRSP)
The Peanut Collaborative Research Support Program (CRSP) 2005 External Evaluation Report June 2005 This publication was produced for United States Agency for International Development. It was prepared by: Dely Gapasin, John Cherry, John Gilbert, Ron Gibbons, Geoff Hildebrand, Darrell Nelson, Howard Valentine and Handy Williamson – Members of the Peanut CRSP External Evaluation Panel. DISCLAIMER The Authors’ views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government. Table of Contents Acronyms 1 Executive Summary 2 Main Report 9 I Introduction 9 1.1 Achievements of Peanut CRSP Goals 9 1.2 Program Focus, Budget, and Projects 10 1.3 Geographic Focus 10 1.4 External Evaluation Process and Panel 11 II Key Outputs, Findings, and Observations 11 2.1 Food safety and Nutrition Research 11 2.2 Production Efficiency Research 14 2.3 Socio-Economics and Policy Research 16 2.4 Post-harvest and Utilization Research 18 2.5 Information, Technology Transfer, and Program Management 20 III Research Benefits and Impacts 22 3.1 Benefits and Impacts in the Host Countries 22 3.2 Benefits and Impacts in the United States 25 3.3 Gender Considerations and Impacts 26 IV Lessons Learned and Sustainability 28 V Key Conclusions 30 VI Recommendations and Future Directions 31 6.1 Key Recommendations 31 6.2 Next Steps 31 VII List of Annex Tables 33 VIII List of Annexes 34 Annex Tables 35 Annex 1-7 56 1The Peanut Collaborative Research Support Program is Supported by USAID Grant LAG –G-00-96-90013-00 Participants in the program include: Auburn University, Florida A&M, North Carolina A&T University, North Carolina State University, Purdue University, Texas A&M University, University of Alabama (Birmingham, University of Connecticut, University of Florida, University of Georgia, University of Wisconsin (Madison) and Virginia Tech The Peanut CRSP Office is contracted at: 1109 Experiment St,.
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